Re: controlling how long before archiving?

[Michael Albinus]

Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> writes:

Hi Karl,

> Is it possible to control how long debbugs will wait before archiving a
> bug? For a particular list, not in general.
>
> For my use, I find it would be useful to wait longer before
> archiving. It is irritating to have to unarchive something that is only
> a couple of months old. --thanks, karl.

It is a global config variable, see /etc/debbugs/config:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$gRemoveAge = 28;   # days after closed bugs are cleaned out
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And in /usr/share/perl5/Debbugs/Config.pm, there is

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
=item remove_age
Age at which bugs are archived/removed

Default: 28
=cut

set_default(\%config,'remove_age',28);
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

So it can be changed from 28 to anything else. But only globally, not
for a particular list.

Best regards, Michael.